Album Reviews

The Pharmacy Spells Reviewed by: Ari Roth   The latest full-length by The Pharmacy is a gentle, bleary-eyed amble of folksy garage rock. It actually takes a step back in fidelity from 2012’s Stoned & Alone, and the whole recording is imbued with a fuzzy, backwoods Read More

Porter Robinson Worlds Reviewed by: Lara Supan   Well that was forgettable. Is it bad to say that all EDM sounds the same? Well, this sounds like any number of tracks that will be playing all over Burning Man, and I’m pretty sure no one would be able to tell the Read More

Adult Jazz Gist Is Reviewed by: Lara Supan   Indescribable, curious, quirky and a little bit genius. Gist Is starts out with a drone as lead singer Harry Burgess weaves his chant-like vocals in and out of a loosely held together rhythm, and it’s absolutely captivating. Read More

Spoon They Want My Soul Reviewed by: Rebecca Robinson   They Want My Soul, the newest album by Spoon, is the perfect album for the end of summer. Strong drums throughout the album will cause even the most wary of listeners to nod their head along to the beats. Although true Read More

Bear In Heaven Time Is Over One Day Old Reviewed by: Ari Roth   Bear In Heaven return with their fourth album, a hypnotic, droning record of towering psychedelia that feels like a natural extension of their past work, minus some of the pop touches that made previous albums, Read More

Mozart’s Sister Being Reviewed by: Ari Roth   It’s hard to talk about Mozart’s Sister, aka Caila Thompson-Hannant, without bringing up her origins in the Montreal scene that also birthed Grimes, Majical Cloudz and Doldrums. Her style of homemade synth pop is particularly Read More